Coaching Intensives

Ambition Needs More Than Talent. 

One Focus | A Stronger Leader at the End

Focused one-to-one coaching for people at a turning point. You bring the ambition and the situations you are facing. We build the leadership approach that carries you through them.

Built for people who are ready for the next level

Our intensives are for professionals who know they are capable of more and want a focused stretch of work to get there. You might recognize yourself here.

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You are stepping into leadership. The technical work made you great. Leading people is a different job, and you want to do it well from the start.


The room keeps talking over you. Your ideas are good. Getting them heard is the part that is not landing yet.


People working on laptops at a conference table, one person's hands typing on a MacBook, another person resting their arms on the table.

A career shift moved the ground under you. A change, a setback, or a reset has landed, and you want to move forward on purpose.


Things have plateaued. Fine used to be enough. Fine is no longer the goal, and you want momentum again.


Why Talented People Stall

Talent got you here. Traction takes you further.


HAS THIS HAPPENED TO YOU?

You were promoted because you were technically excellent, but no one taught you how to lead.

Your ideas are good, and they still get talked over or overlooked in meetings.

You have taken the courses and read the books, and the way you work has not changed.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

There is never a good time to work on your own career growth, so it keeps getting pushed aside.

You know what you want to change, and you are not sure how to get there on your own.

You are capable of more than your current role is asking of you, and you are ready to prove it.

CAREER COACHING INTENSIVES

If you can name your goal in one sentence, an intensive may be the fastest way at it. A structured program. One focus. One-on-one from start to finish.

VOICE™

Presence and Recognition

Your work is excellent. It isn't getting the recognition it deserves.

Investment: $3,999

RESET™

Career Transition

You've built your career. What comes next is yours to decide.

Investment: $3,999

ASCEND™

Technical Expert to Leader

Promoted because you were the best. Nobody trained you for what came next.

Investment: from $9,499

Not sure which intensive is right for you?

Take the Self-Check Assessment

“I used to leave senior leadership meetings frustrated because I had good ideas but rarely got them into the conversation. Coaching helped me change how I prepared, communicated and challenged others. I’m contributing earlier, speaking more directly and I’ve noticed people actively asking for my perspective.”
— Joseph R., Technical Leader, Engineering

How the Intensive Works

What makes an intensive different

Most coaching starts with conversation.

Our Intensives combine structured self-work, executive coaching, and real-world application to create meaningful progress in a specific leadership moment.

Each intensive is built around your actual situation, not hypothetical scenarios or generic frameworks. You complete structured exercises, reflections, assessments, and practical tools between sessions. Your coaching sessions are then tailored to what surfaced, creating a focused cycle of insight, action, and accountability.

The result is not just greater awareness. It’s measurable progress, practical tools, and a clear path forward.

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Structured

Every intensive follows a defined framework designed for a specific leadership challenge. Assessments, workbooks, exercises, and coaching sessions build on one another to create momentum.

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Accelerated

A concentrated format designed to create meaningful movement in weeks, not years. Each intensive combines focused coaching with deliberate action to accelerate growth and results.

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Practical

The work is grounded in your real conversations, real decisions, and real leadership situations. No generic exercises. No hypothetical case studies.

What you walk away with

By the end of the intensive, you will lead in a way that is authentic to who you are, with an approach that fits your unique style, along with the habits and tools to keep building on it.

  • A leadership approach that fits you. Built on your strengths and your real context, ready to use.

  • Habits you have practiced. New behaviours tested on real situations before the intensive ends.

  • A firm read on your next move. You leave knowing where you are headed and how you will get there.

  • Tools you keep. Frameworks and prompts you carry into every hard conversation from here on.

  • Future Plan. A 90-day go-forward plan to keep building momentum after the intensive.

Andrew Buzinsky and Dawn Sweany, Calgary Business Coaches with Rodina Ventures.
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Dawn Sweany and Andrew Buzinsky | Founders

Why Rodina Ventures

Leadership challenges are rarely theoretical.

They happen in real conversations, difficult decisions, career transitions, team dynamics, and moments when the stakes feel high.

At Rodina Ventures, our coaching is grounded in both executive coaching expertise and decades of real-world leadership experience. We understand the pressure because we’ve lived it.

Executive Leadership Experience

Leadership experience at the executive and CEO level across organizations ranging from start-ups to global enterprises.

Certified Executive Coaches

Professional coaching methodologies, assessments, and frameworks combined with practical application.

Cross-Industry Perspective

Experience across technology, oil and gas, aerospace, agriculture, finance, professional services, and more.

Founder snapshots

We help leaders through the hard conversations, the difficult decisions, and the transitions that shape a career.

Dawn Sweany, a Calgary Business Coach with Rodina Ventures.

Dawn Sweany

MBA, Certified Coach

Business coach and HR consultant helping leaders navigate growth, visibility, influence, and organizational complexity. Former executive leader within a global organization of 6,800+ employees.

Andrew Buzinsky, a Calgary Business Coach with Rodina Ventures.

Executive coach, advisor, and business leader with 30+ years of experience leading growth, transformation, and innovation. Built and scaled a business unit to $120M in revenue and 500 employees across nearly a dozen countries.

MBA, CPA (CMA), P.Eng.

Andrew Buzinsky

  • What sets Dawn apart is her exceptional ability to create a judgment-free space. This rare quality makes our sessions remarkably efficient, as we dive straight into the work without me spending half the time apologizing for my existential crisis.

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    Katsina W., Sales Professional, Construction